Information Package / Course Catalogue
Health Tourism
Course Code: FTR223
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to know the concepts related to health tourism, to examine the development of health tourism, to examine the health tourism sector and to analyze health tourism in Turkey and in the world.

Course Content

This course includes the following topics; Health Tourism, medical tourism and advanced age tourism concepts, Health Tourism Market and the concept of reverse flow, Health Tourism Industry, Management of Treatment Process, Customer Expectations in Health Tourism, Areas where medical tourists are mostly treated, Patient Health, Quality, Safety and Risk in Health Tourism , Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Tourism, Health Tourism in Economic, Social and Institutional Aspects, Effects on the System: Source Country, Effects on the System: Destination Country, Health Tourism in Turkey: A General Framework and Medical Tourism, Health Tourism in Turkey: Thermal Tourism, Disabled and Elderly Tourism, Health Tourism Sector and Potential in Europe and the Middle East, Health Tourism Sector and Potential in the Far East and America.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the concepts, features and types of health tourism.
2.Express the development and development reasons of health tourism
3.Discusses the legal regulations in practice related to the health tourism sector.
4.Analyzes and evaluates health tourism in Turkey and in the world.
5.Describes the system-level effects of health tourism in terms of source and target countries.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Tengilimoğlu, D. and Işık, O. (Lecture Notes). Health Tourism Management (Istanbul).AUZEF Publications
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Tourism and Its Contributions to the Economy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Health Tourism and Historical Development Process
Week 3 - Theoretical
Medical Tourism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Thermal Tourism
Week 5 - Theoretical
Elderly and Disabled Tourism
Week 6 - Theoretical
Tourist Health
Week 7 - Theoretical
Incentive Policies in Health Tourism
Week 8 - Theoretical
Intermediary Institutions and Certification in Health Tourism (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Hotel Management Services in Health Tourism
Week 10 - Theoretical
Quality and Accreditation in Health Tourism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Marketing Strategies in Health Tourism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Branding in Health Tourism
Week 13 - Theoretical
Patient Rights and Patient Safety in Health Tourism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Leading Countries and Policies in Health Tourism
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Quiz1213
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026